Long-running family drama 7th Heaven is eying a return. Anthony Sparks (Queen Sugar) is set to write the potential new incarnation for CBS Studios, Deadline has confirmed. Deals are still being finalized, with original series’ star Jessica Biel expected to executive produce the project, now in nascent stages, through her production company Iron Ocean.

Also attached to executive produce is DeVon Franklin via Franklin Entertainment under his overall deal with CBS Studios.

The original 7th Heaven, which aired for 11 seasons across the CW and the CW, marked one of the last hits of prolific producer Aaron Spelling whose library is owned by CBS Studios. The studio previously revived his Beverly Hills, 90210 twice and also shopped around a new Melrose Place.

The WB/CW series starred Stephen Collins as a California minister and the patriarch of a large family. The original cast also includes Catherine Hicks, Barry Watson, David Gallagher Jessica Biel, Beverley Mitchell
and Mackenzie Rosman.

Most of the cast have distanced themselves from Collins, who admitted back in 2014 that he sexually assaulted three underaged girls but was never charged.

CBS Studios has been mining its library, with a Little house On The Prairie reboot recently greenlighted by Netflix and a Clueless followup in the works at Peacock.

The pending 7th Heaven reboot was first reported by Variety.